Paingala Upanishad: Verse 1.6
हिरण्यगर्भाधिष्ठितविक्षेपशक्तितस्तमोद्रिक्ता अहङ्काराभिधा स्थूलशक्तिरासीत्। तत्प्रतिबिम्बितं यत्तद्विराटचैतन्यमासीत्। स तदभिमानी स्पष्टवपुः सर्वस्थूलपालको विष्णुः प्रधानपुरुषो भवति। तस्मादात्मन आकाशः सम्भूतः। आकाशाद्वायुः। वायोरग्निः। अग्नेरापः। अद्भ्यः पृथिवी। तानि पञ्च तन्मात्राणि त्रिगुणानि भवन्ति॥६॥
हिरण्यगर्भ-अधिष्ठित-विक्षेप-शक्तितः । तमः-उद्रिक्ता । अहङ्कार-अभिधा । स्थूल-शक्तिः । आसीत् । तत्-प्रतिबिम्बितम् । यत् । तत् । विराट्-चैतन्यम् । आसीत् । सः । तत्-अभिमानी । स्पष्ट-वपुः । सर्व-स्थूल-पालकः । विष्णुः । प्रधान-पुरुषः । भवति । तस्मात् । आत्मनः । आकाशः । सम्भूतः । आकाशात् । वायुः । वायोः । अग्निः । अग्नेः । आपः । अद्भ्यः । पृथिवी । तानि । पञ्च । तन्मात्राणि । त्रि-गुणानि । भवन्ति ॥६॥
hiraṇyagarbhādhiṣṭhitavikṣepaśaktitas tamodriktā ahaṅkārābhidhā sthūlaśaktir āsīt | tatpratibimbitaṃ yat tad virāṭcaitanyam āsīt | sa tadabhimānī spaṣṭavapuḥ sarvasthūlapālako viṣṇuḥ pradhānapuruṣo bhavati | tasmād ātmana ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ | ākāśād vāyuḥ | vāyor agniḥ | agner āpaḥ | adbhyḥ pṛthivī | tāni pañca tanmātrāṇi triguṇāni bhavanti ||6||
จากศักติฉายออกที่มีหิรัณยครรภ์เป็นผู้กำกับ จึงบังเกิด—ด้วยตมัสเด่น—ศักติหยาบที่เรียกว่า “อะหังการะ”. สิ่งที่สะท้อนอยู่ในนั้นคือจิตสำนึกของวิราฏ. ท่านเมื่อยึดถือสิ่งนั้นเป็นตน จึงมีรูปภาวะชัดเจน เป็นผู้พิทักษ์สรรพสิ่งฝ่ายหยาบ คือพระวิษณุ ปุรุษะประธาน. จากอาตมันนั้นเกิดอากาศ; จากอากาศเกิดวายุ; จากวายุเกิดอัคนี; จากอัคนีเกิดอาปะ (น้ำ); จากน้ำเกิดปฤถวี (แผ่นดิน). สิ่งเหล่านี้เป็นตนมาตระทั้งห้า อันประกอบด้วยตรีคุณ.
From the projecting power presided over by Hiraṇyagarbha there arose, predominated by tamas, the gross power called ‘ahaṅkāra’. That which is reflected in it was the consciousness of Virāṭ. He, identifying with that, becomes of a distinct form—the protector of all gross (beings), Viṣṇu, the primal person. From that Self arose space; from space, air; from air, fire; from fire, waters; from waters, earth. These become the five tanmātras, constituted of the three guṇas.
- hiraṇyagarbha+adhiṣṭhita→hiraṇyagarbhādhiṣṭhita
- adhiṣṭhita+vikṣepa→adhiṣṭhitavikṣepa
- śakti+taḥ→śaktitaḥ
- tamas+udriktā→tamodriktā
- śaktiḥ+āsīt→śaktirāsīt
- tat+pratibimbitam→tatpratibimbitam
- yat+tat→yattat
- tat+virāṭ→tadvirāṭ
- caitanyam+āsīt→caitanyamāsīt
- tasmāt+ātmanaḥ→tasmād ātmanaḥ
- ākāśāt+vāyuḥ→ākāśād vāyuḥ
- vāyoḥ+agniḥ→vāyor agniḥ
- agneḥ+āpaḥ→agner āpaḥ
- adbhyah+pṛthivī→adbhyḥ pṛthivī
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